• (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. • (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. • (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rap... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/rapacious/
Ra·pa'cious (-shŭs) adjective [ Latin rapax , -acis , from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid .] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. ' The downfall of the rapacious and licentious K... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/11
raveningadjective excessively greedy and grasping; `a rapacious divorcee on the prowl`; `ravening creditors`; `paying taxes to voracious governments` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974